Privacy and Security Statement
This Privacy and Security Statement (hereinafter called as the "Statement") is incorporated into and subject to the Terms of Use and applies to this website (www.yangming.com, hereinafter called as the "Website"), including all related domains operated by Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. and its subsidiaries and affiliate companies (hereinafter collectively called as "Yang Ming" or "We").

Yang Ming is always endeavoring to protect the privacy and security of your personal information. This Statement will explain the types of personal information collected, processed and used (hereinafter collectively called as "process") by Yang Ming, including but not limited through the Website, and the purpose of doing so and your related rights. Accordingly, through continuing to use our service and the Website, we are agreed by you to process your personal information in accordance with this Statement under your formal consent.

1. Collection of Personal Information
1.1 What type and amount of personal information will be collected by Yang Ming depending on which services you are using or will use through Yang Ming and the Website. Most of our services do not require any form of registration or your personal information. However, if you require the use of certain functions or services, we may request you to provide us with your personal information and thus we can provide related services according to your requirements.
1.2 We use different methods to collect information from and about you including:
1.2.1 Before using our service or the specific functions of the Website, you may need to provide your personal information or fill in various online forms to activate and establish your identity on the Website. The personal information we may collect usually includes, but is not limited to, name, phone number, address or e-mail address, and any information which you provide, such as for filling such online forms. The Website collects no directly personally identifiable information during simple browsing.
1.2.2 As you interact with the Website, we may automatically collect technical required data by using cookies and other similar technologies. Please see Clause 3 of this Statement for further details.
1.3 If you cannot provide the personal information required for the related services or if you provide any incomplete or inaccurate personal information, we may not be able to complete some of our service or online services that you have asked within the Website.

2. Purposes of Personal Information Processing
2.1 The personal information collected from you will be used for providing quality services and market analysis, including, but not limited to:
2.1.1 Design our services upon your request.
2.1.2 Provide services by Yang Ming and its agents.
2.1.3 Have direct interactions with you about our services by e-mail, telephone and other means.
2.1.4 Improve service quality (including security, functionality and usability of the Website) and provide enhanced personalized service for customers.
2.1.5 Measure and analyze the usage.
2.1.6 Handle and provide online/Website services, including online instant service and notification service.
2.1.7 Fulfill our legal obligations, conduct compliance reviews, and exercise legal rights.
2.2 We will process your personal information for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes for which your personal information has been collected unless a longer (or shorter) retention period is required by applicable laws and regulations or set by the individual contract.
2.3 Due to the international nature of our services, we may transfer your personal information within Yang Ming Group, including to our agents and/or other business partners, and may make international transmissions within the scope necessary to achieve the abovementioned purposes; thus they can process your personal information and provide you with related services in compliance with this Statement.
2.4 In addition to the foregoing purposes and methods, we will not disclose your personal information to any third party who is not related to our daily business and the services or transactions provided by the Website without your further consent, except for requirement pursuant to the competent laws and/or regulations.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
3.1 We may, from time to time, use cookies and log files to process information about you or relating to you. The Website uses first-party cookies set and controlled by us and only we can read them. These cookies are essential in order to make the Website work properly. For example, to keep our service secure and to remember your settings. Without these essential cookies, we may not be able to provide services to you through the Website, or functions and navigation would not be smooth and easy as it should be.
3.2 The Website does not use persistent or stored cookies; however, it does use temporary or per-session cookies. Per-session cookies act as a randomly generated session ID and only be lasted while the Registered User is logged onto the Website but will be cancelled at the end of the session (i.e., the Registered User logs out of the Website or closes his/her web browser program). The Website will use temporary cookies for security purposes. Each time when a Registered User logs onto the Website, the Website’s server will generates temporary cookies which will associate with the User's login name, password and computer during that particular session. This allows the Registered User to move from page to page in the Website during the specific session without needing to re-enter the login name and/or password. The temporary cookies allow the Website server to continuously verify that the User is a permitted user as the user moves from page to page during a specific session. Moreover, in order to track security defect (e.g. to clarify attack attempts), we also use cookies to track your preferences and store the Internet Protocol (“IP”) address. No directly personally identifiable information is stored within these cookies.
3.3 Information relating to cookies used by the Website:

What cookies do we use:

Name of Cookie

Expiry

Provider

company

1 day from set/update

Yang Ming

altid

1 day from set/update

ar_code

1 day from set/update

ar%5Fcode

1 day from set/update

companyid

1 day from set/update

user_id

1 day from set/update

USER%5FID

1 day from set/update

email

1 day from set/update

func

1 day from set/update

role

1 day from set/update

YM_username

1 day from set/update

YM%5Fusername

1 day from set/update

loginflag

1 day from set/update

rateappref

1 day from set/update

customercodeCN

1 day from set/update

user_idCN

1 day from set/update

loginflagCN

1 day from set/update

user_idKR

1 day from set/update

loginflagKR

1 day from set/update

Lang_ver

Session

ver

1 day from set/update

localver

Session

page_ver

1 day from set/update

APP

1 day from set/update

local_site

Session

DOID

1 day from set/update

GC_CODE

1 day from set/update

if_PWD_OUTRULE

Session

ASP.NET_SessionId

Session

ASPSESSIONIDXXXXXXXX

Session

ymweb

Session

cookieconsent_status

365 days from set/update

name

Session

id

Session

Why we use these cookies:

ž Remember your agreement, your domain, settings and preferences.

ž Track and analyze the use of the Website.

ž Support the Website’s technical functions and improve the Website's usability.

ž Required by the Website to perform properly.


3.4 We also use log files to collect anonymous information for purposes of site usage analysis and site security monitoring. A "log file" is a data file that records a registered user's activity during its usage of the Website.
3.5 You can refuse these cookies by amending your browser/device settings. Procedures for amending differ depending on the browser/device. Please note that by this amending, some functions, services and pages may become unavailable to you. Unless you have set your browser/device settings to refuse cookies, we may save cookies on your device automatically as soon you visit the Website.

4. Your Legal RightsProfile
4.1 Under personal information protection laws/regulations, you have the right to:
4.1.1 Request modifying or deleting your personal information;
4.1.2 Request reviewing or making duplications of your personal information;
4.1.3 Request restriction of or objection to processing your personal information;
4.1.4 Request portability of your personal information.
If you want to exercise the rights set out above or withdraw your consent to our use of your personal information, please notify us according to Clause 7.
4.2 We may require some specific information, including but not limited to your name, address, email address and, if necessary, a form of identification document from you. This can help us identify you and your information in our system, speed up our response, and ensure your right to exercise any of your legal rights. If you provide incomplete or inaccurate information, which prevents us from verifying your real identity, we might be unable to reply your request of exercising your rights listed above.
4.3 Please note that even if the information is deleted by your request, in some cases, we still have the right to retain the information submitted by you according to the applicable laws and regulations.

5. Disclaimer
5.1 It is recommended that you use the latest browser to visit the Website. Although we use industry-standard technologies to protect the Website and your personal information, Yang Ming does not guarantee and assume the security of your personal information and related statutory responsibilities if you have improper use of the Website services or in case of any type of malicious damage done by any third party to the Website.
5.2 The Website may contain the links to other websites operated by third parties (hereinafter called as "third-party websites"). Since the third-party websites are not operated by Yang Ming, we do not accept any responsibility or liability for such third-party sites. Before your use of such third-party websites via these links, please note that the contents of the third-party websites may infringe your privacy and rights. Therefore, please check such third-party websites’ terms of use and privacy policies before using and providing any information to such third-party websites.

6. Changes to the Statement
We reserve the right to change this Statement from time to time with display of the latest version on the Website. If we make significant changes to the use of user’s personal information, we will instantly publish the changes on our website so that you understand the relevant matters.

7. Questions and Suggestions
Please contact us if you want to exercise any of the rights set out in Clause 4 or have any questions and/or suggestions regarding this Statement.

8. Applicable Law and Venue
Any dispute, claim, argument, and any other controversy arising from or in any way related to the Website, including the Terms of Use, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws and regulations of Taiwan, Republic of China, and submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of Taiwan Taipei District Court.